Combined school seat and desk.



0. G. EVANS.

COMBINED SCHOOL SEAT AND DESK.

' APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, .1907. 908,653.

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OSMON O. EVANS, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

COMBINED SCHOOL SEAT AND DESK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

Application filed November i, 1907. Serial No. 400,497.

To all whom it may concern:

justable relative to the standard by sliding Be it known that I, OsMoN C. EVANS, a I up or down thereon. The seat extension is citizen of the United States, residing at Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combined School Seat and Desk, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a combined school desk and seat.

Its object is to provide a combined desk and seat which shall be perfectly sanitary, every part being readily accessible to brush and duster and one in which the seat and desk are readily adjustable to accommodate pupils of varying sizes.

In the drawings herewith accompanying and making part of this application, Fi ure 1 is a perspective View of my improvet seat and desk Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same and Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of the set screw for holding the seat or desk in any desired position.

Same letters of reference refer to like parts.

In said drawing A represents a standard preferably rectangular in cross section. The standard is for convenience made integral with a base plate B which is adapted to be secured to the floor in any convenient method. 'I he standard has one edge C vertical and the other edge D inclined downwardly and forwardly. The desk is mounted upon a bracket in. Said bracket has a grooved extension F into the groove in which takes the edge C of the upright, the upright being adapted to slide vertically relative to said standard. For convenience the grooved extension may have projecting ears G one on either side thereof and the upright is provided with a vertical slot H. A tapering locking bolt I passes through said ears and said slot and said bolt is adapted to hold the desk at any desired elevation the tapering bolt always insuring a tight fit and preventing any motion or movement of the bracket relative to the standard. The slot may be racked as seen at J.

'1 he seat bracket K has an inclined grooved extension L into the groove in which takes the inclined edge D of the standard. 'I he extension I.- has ears M and a locking bolt N passes through said ears and through an inclined slot Q similar to the bolt which looks the desk in position and the seat and its extension are vertically and horizontally adprovided with one or more back supports 0. 'lhe seat frame is adapted to receive a seat of any desired configuration, one form of which P is shown in Fig. 2. It will be noted that the raising or lowering of the seat relative to the standard increases or decreases the longitudinal distance between the seat and the desk in front. 'lhe desk is adjustable in a vertical direction only.

It will be noted that the seat frame and seat and the desk bracket and desk can be readily and entirely removed from the standard when desired for any purpose and that all parts of the combined seat and desk are so formed that they can be readily and thoroughly cleaned adding much to the sanitary condition of school houses, a desideratum greatly to be desired.

Having thus described my invention and its use I claim 1. In a combined seat and desk, a single standard rectangular in cross section having one vertical and one inclined edge and provided with slots parallel with said edges, a desk and desk bracket having a grooved extension adapted to slide on the vertical edge of said standard, a seat and seat bracket having a grooved extension inclined relative to the seat and adapted to slide on the inclined edge of said standard and locking bolts adapted to pass laterally through said extensions and through said slots to lock said brackets to said standard.

2. In a combined seat and desk, a standard having one vertical and one inclined edge, a vertical slot near said vertical edge and an inclined slot near said inclined edge, said slots being provided with racks in one edge thereof, a desk and desk bracket having a grooved extension adapted to slide on said standard, a seat and seat bracket having a grooved extension inclined relative to said seat and adapted to slide on said standard and locking bolts adapted to pass through said extensions and through said slots tolock said brackets to said standard in any desired position.

3. In a combined seat and desk, a standard having one vertical and one inclined edge, a vertical slot near the vertical edge and an inclined slot near the inclined edge, a

desk and desk bracket having a grooved extension adapted to slide on said standard and a seat and seat bracket having a grooved exgrooved extension and projecting ears adaptsaid standard, a seat and seat bracket having tension inclined relative to said seat and] adapted to slide on said standard and tapering locking bolts adapted to pass through said extensions and through said slots and adapted to hold said brackets in any desired position relative to said standard.

4. In a combined seat and desk, a standard having one vertical and one inclined edge and provided With slots parallel with said edges, a desk and desk bracket having a ed to engage and slide on the edges of the a grooved extension inclined relative to the seat and provided With projecting ears adapted to engage and slide on said standard and locking bolts adapted to pass through said ears and said slot to lock said brackets to said standard.

In Witness whereof I have signed my name to this specification in presence of two subscribing Witnesses this second day of N overnber, A. D. 1907.

OSMON C. EVANS.

In presence of ELGIN C. VERRILL, MARION RICHARDS. 

